cheat vs hustle

hustle vs cheat

cheat and hustle both are nouns.

cheat and hustle both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cheat	Yes	No	Yes	No
hustle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hustle is a hyponym of cheat; that is, hustle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cheat:

cheat: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
hustle: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

Other hyponyms of cheat include cozenage, scam, bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, sting, gip, gyp, pyramiding, holdout, swiz, shell game, thimblerig.

cheat (noun)	hustle (noun)
a deception for profit to yourself	a rapid active commotion
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme	a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

cheat (verb)	hustle (verb)
defeat someone through trickery or deceit	pressure or urge someone into an action
deprive somebody of something by deceit	move or cause to move energetically or busily
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud	cause to move furtively and hurriedly
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage	sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
	get by trying hard

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